Training Course
tc_seq_no (primary key)
tc_trm_seq (foreign key to train_mod table)
... and some other title, desc etc fields

train_mod
trm_seq_no (primary key)
trm_trc_seq (foreign key to train_comp table)
.. and title etc fields

train_comp
trc_seq_no (primary key)
.. and title etc fields

We don't qualify the field names in the where because there is really no chance we have duplicate field names. This is because of the software we use to access Postgres. Thats also the reason for the all caps. all of the query up to the where is put together for me based on info I set up for the query.

Hope this info helps. I'm sure there is something wrong with the join or something, I just don't see it.

Christine

At 10:22 AM 16/09/2010, you wrote:
On 16/09/2010 16:05, Christine Penner wrote:
I have a query that joins 3 tables, TRAIN_MOD,TRAIN_COMP and
TRAINING_COURSE,

There could be many training_course records for each of the other
tables. I want to get all records from the Train_mod and Train_comp
table even if there are no training course records available. This is
the query I'm trying and I get nothing. The data I'm trying this on has
no training_course records but does have records in the other tables.
What am I doing wrong.


SELECT *
FROM TRAIN_MOD LEFT OUTER JOIN TRAINING_COURSE ON
TRAIN_MOD.TRM_SEQ_NO=TRAINING_COURSE.TC_TRM_SEQ
LEFT OUTER JOIN TRAIN_COMP ON TRAIN_MOD.TRM_TRC_SEQ=TRAIN_COMP.TRC_SEQ_NO
where TC_PUB_ED IS TRUE OR TC_SEQ_NO IS NULL

Can you show us the table schemas?

Also, I think it's a good idea to qualify the columns in the WHERE clause, to prevent any possible ambiguity. Without seeing the table definitions I'm only guessing, but is it possible that these are doing something other than what you expect?

Ray.

PS - I personally find all-caps SQL very hard to read. :-)

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